Junior Ah You

Class of 1997


AN EXCEPTIONAL ALL AROUND ATHLETE AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, JUNIOR AH YOU STOOD OUT AS THEIR LINEMAN.  WITH HIS COLLEGE CAREER BEHIND HIM, JUNIOR TURNED DOWN AN NFL CONTRACT AND SIGNED WITH THE MONTREAL ALOUETTES IN 1972.

HE PLAYED DEFENSIVE END AND WAS THE CORNERSTONE OF SOME HEFTY ALOUETTE FRONT FOURS DURING HIS CAREER. HIS ABILITY TO PENETRATE THE LINE AND CHASE DOWN HALFBACKS WAS LEGENDARY. HIS TENACITY WAS REWARDED WITH TWO CAREER DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS IN 1978 AND 1979.

UPON HIS RETIREMENT IN 1981, JUNIOR AH YOU HAD PARTICIPATED IN FIVE GREY CUPS AND WON NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANADIAN FOOTBALL.

Playing Career

Montreal Alouettes
1972 - 1982

Awards/Honours

  • All-Eastern Defensive End
    1974 - 1976, 1979, 1980
  • All-Canadian Defensive End
    1976, 1979, 1980
  • Grey Cup Defensive Player
    1974
  • Grey Cup Participation
    1974, 1975, 1977 - 1979
  • Grey Cup Winning Teams
    1974, 1977